Hey y’all! New to the app🤍 Got my first Jasmine plant! I ...
0ft to light, direct
2” pot with drainage
Last watered 1 year ago
10
I don’t have a proper pot for her yet and don’t know how much water, light, heat she needs. I’m in nyc so she’s in my desk close to the heater but not so close she’d burn lol, right next to the window so pretty chilly too and she gets light, but no sunlight per se.
Anyway! Any tip is welcome and appreciated 🩷🫶🏻
Anyway! Any tip is welcome and appreciated 🩷🫶🏻
@MariTheJasmine hi! Let me clarify some misconceptions i'm seeing.
Getting light [assuming from surrounding outside], but not sunlight is called 'bright indirect light'. Direct is where sun is shining on the plant itself.
I wouldn't recommend putting her near the heater. While it may provide a better, warmer environment, it strips away humidity, causing her to dry out as the dry air sucks the water out of her through transpiration.
I recommend getting her as much light as possible. Star Jasmine is used as a landscape bush where i live [sunny tropical Singapore 🇸🇬], and a high humidity may be beneficial.
I also recommend potting her as soon as possible. Use a 10-12cm diameter pot [4-5in.], and a standard houseplant mix [should be 50/50 soil and perlite]. Make sure the pot has drainage holes on the bottom. If no pot is available, put her in a container with only her bottom submerged in water, like a vase of flowers
Welcome to Greg!
Getting light [assuming from surrounding outside], but not sunlight is called 'bright indirect light'. Direct is where sun is shining on the plant itself.
I wouldn't recommend putting her near the heater. While it may provide a better, warmer environment, it strips away humidity, causing her to dry out as the dry air sucks the water out of her through transpiration.
I recommend getting her as much light as possible. Star Jasmine is used as a landscape bush where i live [sunny tropical Singapore 🇸🇬], and a high humidity may be beneficial.
I also recommend potting her as soon as possible. Use a 10-12cm diameter pot [4-5in.], and a standard houseplant mix [should be 50/50 soil and perlite]. Make sure the pot has drainage holes on the bottom. If no pot is available, put her in a container with only her bottom submerged in water, like a vase of flowers
Welcome to Greg!
Mine is super happy with tons of light (north-facing NYC with mother plant grow light on at least half the day), she gets salty if I am lazy about watering but rebounds fast. I often underwater mine because otherwise she grows feelers super quickly. I have a moisture meter stick in my pot that turns blue when moist and white when dry, I generally water about a day after it goes dry. Before I got the leave in moisture meter, I used one of the standard green plastic metal prong meter ones you can’t leave in the soil. It grows crazy fast, will shrivel and drop leaves overnight when dry but then you water it again and it’s suddenly sprouting 10 new leaves and grown an inch in like a day. They bleed white sap at the slightest injury, it is irritating/corrosive so be sure to immediately rinse it off your hands or any tools you use for pruning (I only know this from research, I haven’t had an issue but I’ve never not washed it off). Keep yours on a solid watering cadence (water every time the soil is dry) and it should grow rapidly. You can also tell it’s thirsty if leaves start to feel dry and tough, almost like a hard shell, instead of feeling supple and looking bright.
@smushface how tho? I don’t have much good light in my room or house idk what to do or where to put her 😓
@MariTheJasmine you can get a full-spectrum plant grow light or bulb from some place like amazon to get your plant an amount of daily light that is closer to the tropical light it’s used to. Be sure to read the reviews. I’ve been happy with the Mother PlantSpectrum light (makes my plants thrive without bothering my eyes) but it’s expensive, there are definitely other options at more accessible price points (you can probably also get some recommendations from YouTube channels about plants)
I'm assuming you don't have any way to put her outside. They are freaky hardy, at least mine are. Put it in any windows you have but be careful in winter when the windows will get really cold. When that happens, set it on a table away from the window but in the light. If the table is in your way, move it at night.